NDLS Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) vs Washington Nationals (98-64) 38 Comments
The Nats lost 102 and 103 games in 2008 and 2009, respectively, and improved to 69-93 in 2010. Last year they finished the year with a 80-81 record, which was a marked improvement. ...
Wild Card Friday “Series” Previews, including an all-new playoff results simulator! 22 Comments
Tonight's games:
St. Louis at Atlanta: Kyle Lohse, RHP (2.86, 3.51, 3.96) vs Kris Medlen, RHP (1.57, 2.42, 2.97), 4:07 PM CT
It's hard to believe that Lohse has put up nearly ...
Short Series Preview for a Short Series: 48 Comments
The Cardinals are good. The Cubs are not. Here's a look at the matchups for this quick series in St. Louis
Monday: Ryan Dempster, RHP (1.02, 2.16, 2.80, 3.83) vs Jake Westbrook, ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (11-5) at Chicago Cubs (4-12) 83 Comments
Well, at least the Cubs aren't the worst team in baseball right now. That honor goes to the Royals, who are 3-12 and have lost ten games in a row. But at least they have a farm ...
Belated game thread: Cubs at Cardinals and a piece of history 106 Comments
The Cubs are already up 4-0, thanks to an Ian Stewart 3-run homer off of Wainright.
I forgot to include this piece of history in my minifacepalm this morning. Yesterday marked the 100 ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (2-5) at St. Louis Cardinals (5-2) and Mini-Daily Facepalm 79 Comments
Yesterday's game
Before the game I said all they had to do was beat the Brewers best pitcher, and they did. I was stuck in a tedious meeting for most of the game but I surreptitiously ...
World Series Preview: Texas Rangers (96-66) vs St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) 179 Comments
Before we get started, let’s just get this out of the way
GUYS, did you know that the World Series isn’t really all that worldy? A bunch of literal people on the Internet ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60) 169 Comments
St. Louis squeaked its way into the playoffs thanks to a late-season collapse by the Braves. Again, I find it crazy that there are 2 NL Central teams in the playoffs.
Team Overviews
Team ...
OV Pic of the Day: Suck It, Holliday 78 Comments
OK, so maybe the Cubs didn’t drill Matt Holliday in the ear for blatantly spiking Castro in yesterday’s game. Maybe they do look like giant wusses on national TV after ...
Batman-abbreviated Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-63) at St. Louis Cardinals (55-50) 52 Comments
I was going to write a longer preview, but I got sucked into this whole “Batman Equation” thing that was running around the internets today
I tried reproducing the ...
The Cubs Are Off, Here's Video of The Sandberg Game 83 Comments
I’ve talked about this before and how it is one of the highlights of my life, so let’s just sit quietly and enjoy MLB allowing me to embed this video for the first time ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs (23-31) at St. Louis Cardinals (33-24) 247 Comments
Team overview
Team stats and NL ranks
Cubs
Cardinals
wOBA
.323 (5th)
.344 (1st)
UBR
-7.3 (16th)
-1.7 (12th)
UZR
-12.1 (14th)
6.9 (4th)
SP FIP
4.07 (11th)
3.74 (4th)
RP ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18) 147 Comments
The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don’t know if I should be encouraged by the numbers of batters who got on base or discouraged ...
NL Central Questions & Answers: St. Louis Cardinals 125 Comments
This is Obstructed View’s 4th interview with an NL Central blogger that we’re posting this week. Steve Sommer of Gashouse Graphs has taken some time to answer these questions ...
NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals 68 Comments
Last Year:
Most thought that the Cardinals had all the pieces to run away with the NL Central, but somehow it never came together. Their offense dipped by 4 points from their 2009 rate ...
